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Green Works opens new world for Baltimore youth

Do you ever think about the value of time outside? That seems simple but it's not always an option for everyone. One organization, Baltimore Green Works, has opened up a whole new world to some of the city's young people and it now includes a trip to M&T Bank Stadium to watch the Ravens on Sunday. Sidney Ratliff-Phillips can almost touch Druid Hill Park from the building where she lives, yet she rarely did.

Do you ever think about the value of time outside? That seems simple but it's not always an option for everyone. One organization, Baltimore Green Works, has opened up a whole new world to some of the city's young people and it now includes a trip to M&T Bank Stadium to watch the Ravens on Sunday. Sidney Ratliff-Phillips can almost touch Druid Hill Park from the building where she lives, yet she rarely did.

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Updated: 6:05 PM EST Nov 19, 2015

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WEBVTT WORLD TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND IT NOW INCLUDES A TRIP TO WATCH THE RAVENS ON SUNDAY. HERE IS THE HONOR ROW SPOTLIGHT. SYDNI PHILLIPS CAN ALMOST TOUCH DREW WOULD HILL PARK FROM WHERE SHE LIVES BUT NEVER DID. -- DRUID HILL PARK FROM WHERE SHE LIVES, BUT SHE NEVER DID. I DON'T THINK I WAS ONLY KID WHO STAYED INSIDE. FOR SOME IN HER AREA IT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS. YOU CAN IMAGINE HER SURPRISE WHEN HER SUMMER JOB SEARCH LITERALLY OPENED THE DOOR TO THE OUTSIDE. I WAS EXPECTING TO BE IN AN OFFICE OR SOMETHING. INSTEAD, HER JOB IS WITH BALTIMORE GREEN WORKS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JENNY MORGAN SAW AN OPPORTUNITY. WE DECIDED THAT WORKING WITH THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY WAS THE MOST IMMINENT NEED. BEFORE LONG, SYDNEY AND THE REST OF THE GROUP SPENT ALL THEIR TIME OUTSIDE. A LOT OF THEM HAD NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE LIKE THAT. WE FOLLOWED THE TRASH FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN TO THE WATER, WHERE THEY WERE PICKING IT UP. THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE CORRELATION THAT WHAT CAME OUT OF THE ASPHALT WAS WHAT WAS DROPPED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE KIDS GIVE THIS BENCH A MUCH-NEEDED FACELIFT. AS FOR SYDNEY? IT IS COLD OUT HERE. THE KIDS HAVE A FRESH OUTLOOK ON LIFE THANKS TO THIS PROGRAM. COMING UP, THEY HOPE TO JOIN THE MAYORS INITIATIVE.

Green Works opens new world for Baltimore youth

Do you ever think about the value of time outside? That seems simple but it's not always an option for everyone. One organization, Baltimore Green Works, has opened up a whole new world to some of the city's young people and it now includes a trip to M&T Bank Stadium to watch the Ravens on Sunday. Sidney Ratliff-Phillips can almost touch Druid Hill Park from the building where she lives, yet she rarely did.